Rin says: Surely there are better ways to spend your money? Or you know, just save it for a rainy day! ANYTHING BUT THAT.

Sophy says: Concurring.

Rin says: Maybe now people will take my obsession with braids seriously?

Sophy says: Oh… Rin. Oh… Rin.

Rin says: First you take away the awesomeness of series 4, and now this? Jfc.

Sophy says: I JUST LAUGHED AND LAUGHED AND LAUGHED. HER FACE. AND HER DIGNITY. I JUST… You single-handedly made one of the most fail scenes on Skins epic, epic win.

Rin says:Christ. This is a family website. Put them away!

Sophy says: Ugh, seriously? It was bad enough that they Jamie Brittain tried to recreate the already hackneyed plot of 101 in which the Big Man tries to get someone to pop his Little Man best mate’s cherry. But then they had to have the Big Man go one step further and take the Little Man to a brothel. And then Little Man couldn’t go through with it because he’s just so sweet and wound up just kissing the prostitute instead and Big Man was appalled because he’s just so… big, and it was right around this moment that the cliche-monster that had been gnawing at my neck and shoulders the whole episode finally succeeded in detaching my head from my body.

(Don’t worry I got it back on. Ointment! That’s what you need when your head’s been cut off.)

Rin says: SHUTUP JJ WITH YOUR I’VE ONLY KISSED MY MUM AND MY AUNT. FIRST OF ALL, INCEST IS ILLEGAL, SECOND OF ALL, IT’S NOT CUTE, THIRD OF ALL, WHY DO YOU STILL HAVE A VELCRO WALLET?

Rin says:

What? It’s free reign.

Sophy says: lmao, this is a novel use of the Rinscope.

Rin says: JB probably thought this was the most amazing segway he’s ever done.. ‘OMG I’LL TAKE THEM TO THE WHOREHOUSE AND THEM OMG, JOHNNY WHITE WILL BE THERE, AND THEN COOK WILL BEAT ON HIM TO SHOW HOW ~OUT OF CONTROL HE IS.’ Alas.

Sophy says: Cook’s going to take a rain-check on that thing where he wales on you for no reason, JJ. Hang in there, won’t be long.

Rin says: AND OF COURSE it happens in 402, taking away from the naomily-fest. Typical JJ. (MOAR NAOMILY?)

Sophy says: Oh god, the light. Also I feel like I’ve seen that tree in a movie before. That. Exact. Tree. imdb isn’t going to help me with this, is it? Alas.

Rin says: I can so imagine you doing something like that though. Typing into the search with your two index fingers, “Tree + Skins.” BECAUSE YOU’RE THAT OLDIE WHO THINKS THE PLUS SIGN ACTUALLY DOES SOMETHING.

Sophy says: Hello Gnome-Meg! Why so lonely?

Rin says: Probably because she’s got a Hitler salute going on and all the other gnomes are Jewish? AND she’s riding a pig.

Rin says: This broke my heart a little, I had forgotten that Cook had thrown rocks at Freddie’s window in this episode…and then having him do it again in the finale. omg.

Sophy says: Yeah, I had forgotten this too. Ow. I’m still going to mock it though…

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Worst episode of S3, and but for the 405 and 407 overblown debacles (and 401 torpor), worst of Gen2. Seriously, “Cook is an out of control douche” is something we learned in five minutes of 301, which meant that this episode was the nearest Skins has ever come to all-out filler. Even the soundtrack agrees with me (start of ep, Ace Of Spades; end of ep, Ace Of Spades! See, he learned nothing!).

That said, making Barry Manilow sound good is the best thing the Cookie Monster will ever do with his life.

lolol, well, seeing as how I think 405 is the best episode of the gen, we’ll have to agree to disagree somewhat. 407 was a disappointment for me too though, along with 401 and this episode… which… wow… I’m seeing a pattern. Those three were all written by Jamie B!

yeah i can feel your “pain” girl my family even started complaining about me laughing with myself, they thought i was laughing to their jokes all the time but when they realized otherwise i think they got jealous cuz i’m having such a blast without them hahaha

You guys have got to stop this madness!! cuz my belly is hurting, plus now i’ll never find a soulmate cuz u are holding my pieces in Naomi’s jar :'( btw, i’m not complaining about that last part (the belly is tender) i just know someone someday will, when they realize i can’t commit cuz of that ;))) LOLz

Anyhow, this was totally epic, i can’t even remember all the parts that were epic cuz most of them were (but that last one with sophia as cook=ROFL).
i noticed that your recaps get to whole new levels of crazyfun in episodes u seem to hate.. interesting.

As always, I enjoyed the shit out of this ♥. Thank ya’ll for all the hard work! I would probably only have the patience to do this once.

I laughed alot, but yeah, this episode was quite bad. I think mostly because idgaf about Mad Twatter/Johnny White characters. And I didn’t like Cook at all when I first watched and I had no idea how BEAUTIFUL Naomi is because of that god-awful hair. But anyway, I look forward to Thomas’s recap ♥.

Hmmm…so you guys hated Cook, eh? Interesting. I actually liked that they gave him the second episode ’cause I felt like they adequately and quickly distanced him from the sacred memories of Chris. As I said on the previous recap (again, I do understand I’m three years late :/ ) Cook felt too much like Chrisx10. But he’s much angrier and more violent than Chris. His “fook it” attitude comes from a similar place it seems (really shit excuses for parenting and family) but he doesn’t have much of the same innate sweetness that Chris had. I know Cook redeems himself a bit with Panda…but I don’t think that Cook would ever yell at his friends to get out of the bathroom where the naked teacher he’s in love with is, he wouldn’t NOT go and look at the hot Russian girl out of Anwar’s window ’cause his affections are otherwise occupied, and he wouldn’t want to randomly stand up in class and announce he’s in love with his teacher. (Sorry, I loved Chris+Angie hardcore. They may have been my favorite couple of Gen 1…??? Idk.) Cook’s redeeming qualities seem to come from his love for Freddie and JJ (I know, Rophy, I know). And I think I found Jack to be super attractive at times in this episode.